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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dearfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dearfield and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Dearfield:
- 40.290329, -104.259034
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Dearfield
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Weld County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld County
- Since Dearfield is near Morgan County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Dearfield
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dearfield ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Bijou
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bijou is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou
- Comanche ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cornish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cornish is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Gill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Griffin is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Lamb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lamb is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Log Lane Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Log Lane Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lane Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
- Masters
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Masters is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
- Orchard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spanish Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spanish Village is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
How Far From Dearfield to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dearfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Dearfield once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dearfield and extending to:
- Greeley, which is the Seat of Weld County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dearfield to Greeley, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,445 miles [2,325.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,582 miles [12,202 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,511 miles [8,869.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dearfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dearfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Dearfield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dearfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2903, Longitude: -104.2590 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.035 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.521 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.509 degrees. |
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